LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... tion rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick ...
... tion rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick ...
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... tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason ...
... tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason ...
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... tion comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poeti- cal powers to religion , and made a metrical version of the psalms of David . In this attempt he has failed ; but in sacred poetry who has succeeded ? It ...
... tion comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poeti- cal powers to religion , and made a metrical version of the psalms of David . In this attempt he has failed ; but in sacred poetry who has succeeded ? It ...
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... tion ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantick or paradoxical ; for if I have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to ...
... tion ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantick or paradoxical ; for if I have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to ...
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... tion ; whence exhorts to the sight of God ; tells they cannot see Adam in the state of innocence , by reason of their sin . Justice , Mercy , Wisdom , debating what should become of man , if he fall . Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise ...
... tion ; whence exhorts to the sight of God ; tells they cannot see Adam in the state of innocence , by reason of their sin . Justice , Mercy , Wisdom , debating what should become of man , if he fall . Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise ...
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